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Polášek, Albín, 1879-1965
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Artist, sculptor. Albin Polasek was born in Moravia, the Czech Republic, in 1879. He came to the United States in 1901 working as a wood carver. In 1906 he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Charles Grafly and won the Cresson Traveling Scholarship in 1907, 1908 and 1909. Albin was a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome from 1910 to 1913 and, subsequent to his studies in Rome and Greece, he started his own studio in New York City. In 1916 he went...
